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Yes they are. Our sun is a very ordinary, unspectacular by galactic standards,second-generation star. we just happen to call it "The Sun" although we could have called it "The Kloppst" if we wanted to.

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The late and famous American astronomer 'Carl Sagan' told a story in a documentary once how he, at the age of nine, went to the library and picked up a book on astronomy. What he found out in the book was a revelation to him. He found out that "The Sun is a star but really close and that the stars are all suns except really far away." Yes, if you ever wondered what a star looks like really close up, just go outside and look at the sun. (But don't stare; it'll hurt your eyes.)

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Stars are made of hydrogen and helium, Galaxies are made of stars, a Universe is well, everything by God.

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A star is a massive ball of burning hydrogen, while a galaxy is a collection of Stars. A galaxy can contain anywhere between one million and one trillion stars.

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What we call the Sun is really a star, and a relatively minor one.

All stars are not the same. There is a wide variety of stars.

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This question cannot be answered as there is no distinction between the two... Galaxy is the word we use for collections of stars, planets, asteroids, moons, dust and so on.

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How old are the stars irregular stars?

The same age as stars in other galaxies.


Are all-stars in the same galaxy?

No, there are more massive galaxies with stars in them.


Explain how all galaxies are similar?

All galaxies are massive clusters of stars scattered across the universe. Many galaxies take the same form, for instance, spiral and elliptical galaxies. Some galaxies also have a black hole in their center.


Which stars are actually a galaxy?

No stars are actually a galaxy. All stars are stars and all galaxies are galaxies. Stars are found in galaxies. Some galaxies look like tiny dots in our night sky, so might look like a star, but they are not stars; they are galaxies.


What are all stars and galaxies in?

All stars and galaxies are in the universe.


Are there any stars between Galaxies?

Yes, there are stars between galaxies. When there are collisions or interactions between galaxies, stars can be ripped out of the galaxies. These stars will then wander into space between galaxies. Such stars have been observed with the Hubble Space Telescope. Taken from http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=384


Do Galaxies contain millions of stars?

Smaller galaxies do. Larger galaxies contain billions or even trillions of stars.


Which objects began to form in your universe earlier stars or galaxies?

Galaxies are the massive collection of stars. Therefore galaxies could not have formed without stars.


How are galaxies and stars related?

Stars and Galaxies are related because a galaxy is a system of billions of stars, gases, and dust.


The visible part of distant galaxies is the galaxies'?

Stars


When galaxies collided they form?

Bigger galaxies. And stars.


How many stars are in galaxies millions or billions?

Billions at least, in the large galaxies. Obviously it depends on the size of the galaxy. It is estimated that in our Galaxy there are at least 100 billion and perhaps as many as 400 billion stars. Many galaxies are same sort of size as ours and some are much bigger. However, there are a lot of small "dwarf galaxies" The smaller dwarf galaxies have millions rather than billions of stars.